Police involved shooting in Lee NH Lee police shut down a section of Lee Hook Road Monday morning while the State Police Major Crime Unit investigate an area of road where a shooting occurred after police responded to a call about a suicidal male shortly after midnight. The man was transported to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in serious condition from gunshot wounds. (John Huff/Staff photographer)

LEE — Foster's has learned the gun shots wounding a man threatening suicide Monday morning were fired by two officers of the Durham Police Department after the man pointed a gun at them.

The two police officers are on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Susan Morrell would not confirm whether it was Durham police officers who shot Steve Amazeen, 45, of 289 Lee Hook Road, in the early hours of Monday morning. The shooting occurred after Amazeen's wife, Mary, had dialed 911 to report her husband had fired a weapon in their home and was suicidal.

Officers made contact with Amazeen in the roadway a short distance from his home, where Amazeen pointed a firearm at police, prompting the officers to shoot.

Amazeen, reportedly struck twice after police opened fire, was transported by McGregor Ambulance Service to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover where he was last known to be in stable condition.

Morrell did confirm during a news conference Monday held at the Lee Police Department that Durham was one of several departments that responded to the scene. She also indicated then that more than one officer had used deadly force.

Durham Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelley also would not comment on whether information obtained by Foster's was accurate as all inquiries are required to go through the AG's office. However, he did also confirm, as did Morrell, that Durham responded to the incident.

Kelley could not comment on which, if any, officers are currently on administrative leave from the department as is standard during an investigation of this nature.

Following the shooting, Lee Hook Road remained closed to traffic until about 4:30 p.m. Monday as investigators including the state Major Crimes Unit commenced the investigation.

Morrell told the media on Monday it could be “surmised” there had been a domestic issue going on inside the home just before Amazeen left and began walking along Lee Hook Road. His wife and son were unharmed throughout the incident.

She also said investigators would determine whether a mental health or drug or alcohol problem exists for Amazeen that would have contributed to his actions.

Officials have been tight-lipped as things unfold.

“I don't anticipate releasing any more information,” Morell said Wednesday.